Journal article
Waiting for Karila: Bending time, theory and gender in Java and Bali (With reflections for a documentary treatment)
Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, (2)
1999
Abstract
Downtown Jogyakarta. I am about to meet Karila, my transvestite film contact. All afternoon I have been trying to imagine what s/he will look like when I finally met her. In my thoughts I conjure up an image of a face I already know. It is the face of the olive tanned Surubaya 'Elle' I met in Bali. I remember Elle as an extreme mixture of him and her with extra smooth facial skin around the closely shaved hair patches. I imagine watching her on the screen with others in the audience: How will they respond to her in the dark of the cinema hall, I wonder, and especially when they see in her face the combination of him and her? Will they do her justice? Will I do her justice? What about Karila?
Details
- Title
- Waiting for Karila: Bending time, theory and gender in Java and Bali (With reflections for a documentary treatment)
- Authors/Creators
- J. Petkovic (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, (2)
- Publisher
- Gender and Cultural Studies, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.
- Identifiers
- 991005544706107891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Media, Communication and Culture
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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